Harvard University is hailing Stacey Abrams as a political mastermind in a fall history seminar titled Race, Gender, and the Law Through the Archive. The course, taught by African-American history professor Myisha Eatmon, claims that “from First Lady Michelle Obama to political mastermind Stacy Abrams [sic] to Vice President Kamala Harris, Black women have left their stamp on 21st-century politics and grassroots organizing.”
The seminar focuses on Black women and non-binary figures in 20th-century politics, promoting the view that “the law is subjective.” Eatmon’s public statements reveal a radical perspective. She has called racism “a virus” and “white privilege…a drug,” and declared, “Black radicalism is only radical within a system ruled by and built upon white supremacy.” She once tweeted she would boycott the NFL to avoid appeasing “white supremacy.”
Abrams, despite the glowing Harvard portrayal, has never won a statewide election. She lost both the 2018 and 2022 Georgia gubernatorial races to Republican Brian Kemp, the second by a larger margin. After the 2018 loss, she repeatedly claimed the election was “rigged” and “stolen.” In January, the New Georgia Project—founded by Abrams—paid a $300,000 fine after admitting to 16 campaign finance violations during her 2018 campaign.
Abrams has also built a romance novel career under the pen name Selena Montgomery, telling PBS in 2023 that she enjoys writing because she can “kill off the people I don’t like.” As she eyes a 2026 run for governor, Harvard’s decision to elevate her as a political model underscores the ideological slant dominating America’s elite institutions.
